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J. E. MGORAY. HORSE DETAGHER. No. 423,623. Patented Mar. 18, 1890.

uuulmml l UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN E. MCORAY, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF TWO-THIRDS TO JOHN M. MCCRAY AND LOUIS H. RENKERT, OF SAME PLACE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 423,623, dated March 18, 1890.

Application filed January 23, 1890. Serial No. 337,894. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN E. MCCRAY, of

Indianapolis, county of Marion, and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Horse-Detachers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which like letters refer to like parts.

My invention relates to the construction of devices whereby horses may be detached from vehicles in case of accident or danger of runaway, and will be understood from the following description.

In the drawings, Figure l is a top View of my device. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail top view of one end of the same. Fig. 3 is afront edge view showing the trace in place over the end of the singletree and the detacher with its guide-loop drawn up in position for use. Fig. 4 is a front edge view showing the guideloop pushed out beyond the end of the singletree.

In detail, s is a singletree.

1f are the harness-traces.

j are a series of jointed levers fastened to the top of the singletree by a thumb-screw sc, and pivoted at Z to the outer end of this jointed lever is a guide-loop g, having bands b b', which pass over the end of the singletree. This device, of course, is duplicated, one being at each end of the singletree, as shown in Fig. l.

c are cords connected to the inner ends of the jointed levers, passingthrough an eye c at the back of the singletree, and terminating in a ring r, which hangs behind the singletree and below the dash-board and within easy reach of the driver, so that he may hook the snap of his hitching-strap into the ring, and thus bhe able to operate the device at any moment.

When the horse is to be hitched up,theop Y erator pulls upon the cords c by the ring r, and

this elongates the jointed levers, throwing of the sin gletree, the guide-loop with its bands, 5o being pushed backward toward the middle of the singletree by the hand. The parts are then in the position shown in Figs. l, 2, and

3. When the horse is hitched up, he may be disengaged from the vehicle by pulling upon the ring r. This draws up the cords c, elongating the jointed levers j, pushing the guideloop g off the end of the trace, and the bands b b are pushed outward and forward, striking the inside of the trace, pushingit off the end of 6o the singletree, and thusl freeing it from connection with the vehicle. If the levers move too easily, they may be tightened by the screw sc, and by loosening this screw they will work easier. 6

WhatI claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is the following:

l. A horse-detacher comprising the jointed levers j, pivoted to the singletree s, and the guide-loop g, provided withbands b h', fast- 7o ened to the end of such jointed levers, substantially as shown and described.

2. A horse-detacher comprising a guide-loopwit-h bands connected to jointed levers which are fastened to a singletree, and cords connected to such levers and passing through an eye or opening in the singletree and back of the same within easy reach of the drivelgsubstantially as shown and described.

3. The singletree s, in combination with a 8o horse-detacher composed of the jointed levers j, fastened at each end of the singletree, such levers also connected to guide-loops g, having one or more bands Z7 encircling the ends of the singletree, operating to push the trace o the end thereof when the guide-loop is forced outward by the action of such levers, and cords connected to the horse-detaching mech anism, their inner ends disposed within easy reach of the driver, substantially as shown 9o and described. j

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 16th day of January, 1890.

J OI-IN E. MCORAY. Vitnesses:

H. D. NEALY, E. B. GRIFFITH. 

